Return whether the filesystem supports sequential write — vsi_supports_seq_write • gdalraster

vsi_supports_seq_write() returns whether the filesystem supports sequential write. Wrapper for VSISupportsSequentialWrite() in the GDAL API.

Usage

vsi_supports_seq_write(filename, allow_local_tmpfile)

Arguments

filename: Character string. The path of the filesystem object to be tested.
allow_local_tmpfile: Logical scalar. TRUE if the filesystem is allowed to use a local temporary file before uploading to the target location.

Value

Logical scalar. TRUE if sequential write is supported.

Note

The location GDAL uses for temporary files can be forced via the CPL_TMPDIR configuration option.

See also

vsi_supports_rnd_write()

Examples

# Requires GDAL >= 3.6
if (as.integer(gdal_version()[2]) >= 3060000)
  vsi_supports_seq_write("/vsimem/test-mem-file.gpkg", TRUE)